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  • adjective Relating to pachyostosis

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Examples

  • The small, short-necked plesiosaur near the sea floor is the pachyostotic pliosaurid Pachycostasaurus, described by Cruickshank et al. (1996).

    Life in the Oxford Clay sea Darren Naish 2006

  • I think that until they evolve that ability, marine mammals are compelled to have pachyostotic skeletons to overcome their lung buoyancy.

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

  • Manatees float and they are pachyostotic, and many whales are deep divers and have very porous bones.

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

  • The small, short-necked plesiosaur near the sea floor is the pachyostotic pliosaurid Pachycostasaurus, described by Cruickshank et al. (1996).

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

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